Means for drying articles of jewelry.



A. W. HUTOHINS.

MEANS FOR DRYING ARTICLES OF JEWELRY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1910.

1,075,476. Patented 001;. 14, 1913.

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UNITED TATE PATENT @FFEQE.

ABTHUB W'QHUTCHINS, OF CRANSTON. RTEIODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF QNE-I-I'ALF TO WILLIAM ELY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

. 'MEANS FOR DRYING ARTICLES OFJEVJEL'RY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ot.14t,19t3.

Application filed'Novcmber 23; 19-10. -Seria1=Nok593,829.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known thatl, ARTHUR W. Huron- INs, of the city of Cranstom county of; Providence, and State of-Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Drying Articles of'Jewelry; and I do hereby declare thefollowing specification, taken in connection'with the accompanying drawings," forming a part ofthe same, to be a'full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to an improved form of air blast drying machine of the character employed in drying articles of jewelry, and has for its principal object to produce a machine of this character which is simpler in construction and more efficient in its operation than any machine of this character heretofore produced. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide a container for machines of this character which is adapted to be manually held or guided and which will hold articles of jewelry of various sizes and shapes separate from each other.

V Another object of the invention consists in providing a. swin ing support for the container.

Another object of the invention consists in providing adrying machine with a plurality of containers and a movable support for each of said containers.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the container shown and described. in the accompanying specification and more specially set forth in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel form of container held in the hand of the operator and having a portion of the side broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation-inpartial section and on a reduced scale of an air-blast drying machine embodying my invention. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modified construction showing a plurality of containers. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the container in operation.

Referring to the drawings, the container 1 comprises an open mesh woven wire body portion which is mounted to revolve on a post 2 extending centrally theret-hrough.

The post 2 is mounted in suitable bearings 3 and t formed at the axis of the radially extending ribs 5' and 6 at the top and bottom of-the containcr, as shown in Fig. 1. Said p0st'2' is: provided with a suitable operating handle-7.

To the upper rim of the container is rigidlysecured an annular ring 8 which is provided with a series of outwardly extending inclined blades 9 around the outer periphery thereof. The annular ring 8 is also pro vided with aseries of hooks 10 around the outer periphery and the ribs 5 are provided with upri ht posts 11 having forked ends 12, for purposes to behereinafter refered to.

ln Fig. 3, which shows an improved form of air-blast dryi-ngmachine, 1?) represents a heating chamber provided with a coil of steam-pipes 13 arranged to be connected to a' steam supply. Bemovably mounted above the heating chamber 13 is a drying receptacle 142 having a perforated bottom 15 and an open top. An exhaust blower 16 is connected to the heating chamberl and. an airhlast pipe 17 "extends upward from the blower 16 and terminates'in a downwardly extending nozzle 18 which is centrally located 'abovethe drying receptacle 1%. If desired a valve :or gate 17 may be employed for controlling the flow of air.

I prefer=to use a support or standard 19 for my novel container which is arranged and adapted to be placed upon the perforated bottom 15 of the drying receptacle 14c and which carries a bracket 20 pivotally mounted thereon. The bracket 20 has a recess 21 in its free end to receive an extension 22 on the lower'end of post 2. Said bracket 20 is also provided with an arm 23 extending upwardly and outwardly and provided with a slotted end 24 in vertical alinement with the recess 21, all as shown in Fig. 8.

The slotted end 24t-is preferably provided with a latch member 2% for closing said slotted end, as shown in Figs. 3 and t.

The operation of the device is as follows: Certain articles of jewelry such as bracelets 25 are suspended from the forked ends 12 of the posts 11, articles Such as lockets 26 are hung on the hooks 10, and various small articles 27 are placed upon the interior of the container, as shown in Fig. 1. Said container is then preferably mounted in the bracket 20 and forked end 2 1 of the arm 23, as shown in Fig. 3. The operator retains hold of the handle 7 and now gradually swings the bracket 20 until a portion of the inclined blades 9 are beneath the open end of the nozzle 18, so that the continuous currents of heated air flowing therefrom will impinge upon said inclined blades 9 and cause the container to rotate at a high rate of speed in the direction of the arrow, as shown in Fig. 2. The centrifugalforce induced thereby causes the bracelets 25 and the lockets 26 to swing outward, as shown in Fig. 5, and acts to throw ofl any drops of liquid that may be on the articles, while the heat is free to pass all around the articles and quickly absorbs the remaining moisture. If desired the standard 19 may be omitted and the container held in position beneath the nozzle 18 by the hand of the operator, as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 4; shows a modified form in which the standard 19 carries two swinging brackets 20, connected together and each having a container mounted thereon. Nith this arrangement one of the containers is in operative position while the other is in inoperative position, and a movement of the one which is in inoperative osition to operative position will simultaneously move the container which is in operative position to inoperative position. Thus one container can be emptied and refilled while the articles in the other container are going through the drying opera-tion, thereby saving a great deal of time and doubling the capacity'oi the machine.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a central post provided with a suitable handle, a woven wire body portion mounted to revolve upon said post, a series of inclined blades upon the exterior of said body portion, a series of posts and a series of hooks upon said body portion arranged and adapted to hold articles of jewelry.

2. The combination, with an air blast drying machine, of a plurality of containers for holding articles of jewelry mounted to revolve therein and means for moving said containers to operative and inoperative positions.

3. The combination, with the drying chamber of an air blast drying machine, of two containers mounted to revolve therein means for moving each of said containers to operative and inoperative positions, one of said containers being arranged and adapted to be in operative position while the other container is in inoperative position.

4. The combination, with the drying chamber of an air blast drying machine, of a .standard mounted therein, a movable bracket mounted on said standard, and a re volving container removably mounted in said bracket.

5. The combination, with the drying chamber of an air blast drying machine, of a removable standard mounted therein, two movable brackets mounted on said standard, and a container mounted to revolve on each of said brackets.

6. The combination, with the drying chamber of an air blast drying machine, of a movable bracket pivoted at one end and provided with an opening in its free end, an arm extending upward and outward from said bracket and provided with a slot at its free end, means for closingsaid slot, and a removable container mounted to revolve inheating chamber and having a perforated bottom which forms the top of said heating chamber, a blower, a pipe connecting the heating chamber with the blower, and a pipe connected with the blower and having its open free end located above and in close proximity to said drying receptacle.

ARTHUR w. HUTCHINS.

l Vitnesses:

W. H. TnUns'roN, J. THURSTON;

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